Version 2
Version 3
The whole game now plays on a real, spinnable 3-D globe.
No more flat Mercator map stretching Greenland to the size of Africa. Countries sit at their true size, true shape, and true distance apart, exactly as they do on the planet. Spin the globe, zoom in, and put the world back together.
Drag a puzzle piece to where you think it belongs — or just double-tap the spot. Beat the clock, earn a high score, and learn world geography without it ever feeling like studying.
NO ADS. NO ACCOUNTS. NO TRACKING.
Free to download with two complete maps included. Every other map is a one-time in-app purchase — never a subscription, never an advertisement. Safe to hand to a kid.
Spin, Zoom, Explore
- Drag one finger to rotate the globe; flick it to send it spinning
- Pinch to zoom — from the whole planet down to a single island
- Built on a full geographic database, so the tiny islands, peninsulas and inlets that other map games quietly leave out are all here
- Oceans, seas, lakes and place names fill in around your puzzle as you play
- Optional latitude and longitude grid
- Portrait or landscape, iPhone or iPad, light mode or dark
Six Levels of Play
Finish a level to unlock the next one.
- Traveler — a gentle start: the globe glides toward the right spot for you, and the smallest regions sit this one out
- Surveyor — place regions by name, with a sonar ping to guide you
- Explorer — place regions by name, no hints
- Navigator — place regions by the name of their capital city
- Discoverer — place regions by their flag alone
- Cartographer — pinpoint the capital city inside its own region
More Than 25 Maps
- Continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, Middle East
- The World: 207 countries on one globe
- Single countries in detail: United States (51 states), Japan (47 prefectures), India (35 states and union territories), Mexico (32 states), China (31 provinces), France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Australia
- Around the water: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea
- Through history: the British Empire, the Former Soviet Union
- Value packs: bundle whole sets for less
Compete and Learn
- Game Center leaderboards for every map — see where you land against players worldwide
- Your best time tracked for every map and every level
- Two narrator voices read each region and capital aloud as you play
- Plays in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese
- Works completely offline — no signal needed on the road
For Classrooms and Kitchen Tables
Teachers, homeschoolers and map lovers have used JigsawGeo for years to make continents, capitals and flags stick. The globe makes the lesson obvious: why Africa is far bigger than it looks, why Russia is not, and how close some countries really are to each other.
What's New in Version 3.0
Version 3.0 — our biggest update ever. Every map now plays on a fully interactive 3-D globe.
The Globe
Spin it with one finger, flick it to set it turning, pinch to zoom from the whole planet down to a single island. Countries finally appear at their true size and true shape — no more Mercator distortion stretching Greenland out of all proportion. Opening a map now flies you in from space.
New on the Map
- Regions you have placed now carry their name, so the map fills itself in as you solve it
- Oceans, seas, lakes and bays are drawn and labeled around your puzzle
- Optional latitude and longitude grid, under Options
- Far more coastline detail — tiny islands, peninsulas and inlets that earlier versions smoothed away
Finding Your Maps
- The Map Vault is now organized into categories: continents, countries, oceans and empires. Prefer the single long list? Switch back under Options > Map Vault Layout
- A new "Recent" sort puts the maps you have been playing at the top
- Buying a map now drops you straight into the game
- The vault fills the screen properly on iPad and in landscape
Fixed: Game Center Leaderboards
- Leaderboards could get tangled across maps sharing one combined score. Fixed — every map now has its own leaderboard, correctly grouped by category
- Your existing best times were carried over automatically — nothing to re-earn
- Level-completion progress and a grand total across all your maps now track correctly
Settings and Help
- Options now take effect the moment you change them — no separate Apply step
- Help moved to the Options screen, so it is reachable from the Map Vault too
Map Data
Dozens of corrections across the world data: Swaziland renamed to Eswatini, San Marino and the Åland Islands added, enclave countries now cut properly out of the countries that surround them, border gaps closed where the source data never quite met, missing African lakes restored, and holes repaired in the United States and France maps.
Faster
Maps load noticeably quicker than they did in 2.x.
Thank you for playing. If something looks wrong — a border, a label, a map you wish we had — please tell us. We read every message.
Bought maps on another device? Tap Restore Purchases on the Options screen.
Questions, or a map you would love to see? Tell us — we read every message.